I don't mind as long as they aren't being too disrespectful and posting things just because they know it will piss someone off.  Just from that quick description I wouldn't have a problem with the thread, but that's assuming there's no flamebait or posting something like two GC's duct taped together just to anger some people.

And I always like a compliment.   

Can someone linky me this thread?

What we actually need is transparency. A forum whereby Mods post their justification publicly for locking a thread, either that or the mod code of conduct should be that the final post in a locked post should be from the mod who locked it stating in a clear, but concise manner why it was locked - i.e. This thread is to be locked because of the abuse by 4-5 people who broke rule 2, 3 and 4 of this sites rules through comments such as X, Y or Z.

You could take this further and in extreme cases perhaps justify in a thread why a person was given a particularly harsh ban. It could act as a Hall of Shame for people who repeatably break the rules?

Any why would they come here again? Being a mod is a voluntary, and extremely annoying. Trying to force them to not interact with the community at large will lead do a severe decrease in moderation.

this could work in theory, but then there would just more complaining because 90% of people wouldn't agree with the reasoning for bans, or they would say that mod A banned person B because mod A likes sony and person B likes microsoft.

i maintain that the real problem here is bias, and there really is no way to fix that, other than bringing in mods from somewhere else who have nothing invested into video games or sales, or video game sales.

Yet another addition to your banned hall of fame eh? I'll miss Joel, in the short time I've been here, i've gotten some LULZ (i.e. the negitive sales chart for the wii after GTA4)

Most people actually agree with the bans. There will almost always be questions as to why certain ppl get banned at certain times. But for the most part Mods do a outstanding job on these forums.

The mods are suffering from Ivory Tower syndrom, they have grown so accustomed to the power they are disconnected from reality (us), they are out of touch with us commoners and reckless treat the ability to ban with the same recklessness the UK government treats the armed forces.




This is just a jab at the uk gov, dont ban me mods, please!

I believe that the real problem here is not bias but a lack of civility on the part of the members here. Those who can express their views and not be flamebaiting or offensive can get away with anything, because they are being reasonable. Those who are inflamitory will invariably be banned.

Again the real problem is not the mods and their preferences, but that the people express offensive or inflamitory opinions with the intent to piss people off. We need to shift back to a reasonable group of people here and there won't be problems.

As loathe as I am to promote a troll thread here it is http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=25716

Highlights include include "Micro$soft, the most unoriginal console maker ever," "If M$ wasn't such a devious, monopolizing, talentless company, I'd actually feel sorry for them," and "[Microsoft] offers nothing to gamers." This is all before you even reach the end of the original post. It is littered with the standard "M$" crap that is only done to incite people. The thread went downhill from there. I seriously don't know how it can be seen as a constructive or desired addition to the board. The "[Insert console] gained its [insert number] million seller," threads are infinitely better.

I wish I were clever enough to make the link have the thread title, but that involves using forum magics beyond my grasp.